COSEWIC Pacific salmon DU probabale status’

10 August, 2022

1 About

This document summarizes estimates of change in mature individuals over time for Pacific salmon Designatable Unit (DU) and associated probable COSEWIC status designation. Data sources are detailed here and all code to reproduce the analyses in this document is here. These materials are solely intended to support the Marine Fishes sub-committee of COSEWIC in identifying high priority DUs for COSEWIC to consider when conducting formal status assessments.

2 Prioritization decison nodes

Initial thoughts on potential decision nodes in the prioritization process.

  1. Have DUs been formally defined by COSEWIC? Chinook, sockeye, and coho salmon DUs have been defined (reports available here), formal pink and chum DU identification is in progress. If yes then proceed.

  2. Is information on mature individuals over time available at the DU scale? If yes then proceed.

  3. Has DU been previously assessed by COSEWIC? If yes then consider a re-assessment, otherwise proceed except for DUs that have already been approved for a status assessment.

  4. What is the DUs probable designation based on percentage change in mature individuals over past three generations? If special concern, threatened or endangered then proceed.

  5. Are there spatial considerations? Are there commonalities in threats, designations, and/or data landscape at a regional scale that suggest a group of DUs should be bundled together?

3 Status summary

3.1 All DUs

**Figure 1**. Status of all DUs. For DUs that have been previously assessed by COSEWIC the official status is shown, otherwise probable status is inferred based on percent change in mature individual abundance over the most recent three generations of data.

3.2 Unassessed DUs

**Figure 2**. Probable status of unassessed Pacific salmon DUs (excluding those previously assessed by CPOSEWIC or recommended for status assessment) based on rate of change in mature individuals over most recent three generations.

4 Summary table

4.1 Summary table all DUs

The status summaries for all DUs are available for viewing or download in a large table here. A preview of the table is shown below.

##   Region Species   DU % Change (recent) COSEWIC status Probable status
## 1 Fraser Chinook  CK1               457     Threatened     Not at risk
## 2 Fraser Chinook CK10               -63     Threatened      Threatened
## 3 Fraser Chinook CK11               -46     Endangered Special concern
## 4 Fraser Chinook CK12               -22    Not at risk     Not at risk
## 5 Fraser Chinook CK13               -15     Endangered     Not at risk
## 6 Fraser Chinook CK14               -89     Endangered      Endangered

5 Abundance plots

5.1 Fraser

5.1.1 Chinook

5.1.2 Coho

5.1.3 Pink (Odd)

5.1.4 Sockeye

5.2 Van. Isl. Main. Inl.

5.2.1 Chinook

5.2.2 Chum

5.2.3 Pink (Even)

5.2.4 Pink (Odd)

5.2.5 Sockeye

5.3 Haida Gwaii

5.3.1 Chinook

5.3.2 Chum

5.3.3 Coho

5.3.4 Pink (Even)

5.3.5 Pink (Odd)

5.3.6 Sockeye

5.4 Central Coast

5.4.1 Chinook

5.4.2 Chum

5.4.3 Coho

5.4.4 Pink (Even)

5.4.5 Pink (Odd)

5.4.6 Sockeye

5.5 Skeena

5.5.1 Chinook

5.5.2 Chum

5.5.3 Coho

5.5.4 Pink (Even)

5.5.5 Pink (Odd)

5.5.6 Sockeye

5.6 Nass

5.6.1 Chinook

5.6.2 Chum

5.6.3 Coho

5.6.4 Pink (Odd)

5.6.5 Sockeye

5.7 Yukon

5.7.1 Chinook

5.8 Columbia

5.8.1 Chinook